Duke Davis (Ralph Cooper) has invested all his savings to back his sweetheart, Ethel (Lena Horne), in a road show over the old T.O.B.A. circuit, on which they have both been performers since childhood. Marshall (Monte Hawley), a New York talent scout, makes an offer to Ethel as a single and, to induce her to take it, Duke writes a fake check, made out to him, for $5000 pretending he has sold his contract with Ethel to Marshall. Resentful and heartbroken, she accepts and becomes a big hit in New York.
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December 19, 2020 Subject:
all black cast- Lena Horne and..
The Cats & The Fiddle - they do a great number during the "Medicine man" snake oil sales pitch- That killin' jive" "He's the man that smokes that jive That jive will take you for a dive One slip you will arrive When you smoke that killin' jive It will make you very tall Seems as if you're going to fall Knock yourself out for a ride You know I mean that killin' jive You will think you'll blow your top Start laughing and you just can't stop Now won't you give him a smile 'Cause he's a sad man not a bad man Everything will seem so funny. Darkest days will seem so sunny That feeling will arrive When you smoke that killin' jive When you're high man You're sailin' man You're in the sky man You got no mail man You'll be so mellow Just like a jello When you smoke that killin' jive" So, weed was a cool jazz musicians thing way back. Great film, the dance numbers are out of this world. Aired on the Movies Network over the air Dec 18 2020.